Museveni orders 11-hour curfew, lockdown for 3 weeks over Ebola

Mobility of persons within their respective district (Mubende and Kasanda) are allowed.
Private, public and Boda-boda transport banned.
Only government and security vehicles are permitted to move but prohibited from transporting people in and out of the two districts.
Private and public transit vehicles going through Mubende and Kasanda districts can only move upon getting police clearance. They are prohibited from stoping inside the districts to pick up people.
Only drivers and one turn-boy per cargo truck are allowed to deliver and carry goods from the districts. They are prohibited from carrying passengers.
Cargo to be delivered to the two districts during day and before 5:00pm.
Cargo truck operators banned from spending night in the two districts. Whoever sleeps in the districts will be put under the lockdown for its duration.
All seasonal markets have been suspended.
Mines in both districts to remain open.
Schools to remain open, only learners in school uniform allowed movement.
All Ebola and non-Ebola related burials to be conducted by Safe Burial Teams during the lockdown.

Addressing the country on Saturday evening October 15, Museveni said that curfew time for the two districts will run from 7:00pm to 6:00 am during which time each resident is required to stay inside the parameters of their home.

“There is will be no movement in and out of Mubende and Kassanda. There will also be curfew in Mubende and Kasanda districts starting from 7 pm to 6 am in the morning. During the day you can move but within your district and at night you stay in your compound,” Museveni said.

According to him, Mubende and Kasanda are in the heart of the country so travel through the two districts cannot be completely cut off. However all outsiders to the districts are expected to be out by 5:00 pm. Traders within the two districts are allowed to trade within and prohibited from transporting goods anywhere else.

“Public and private vehicles crossing through Mubende and Kassanda districts are permitted to move with police clearance but not permitted to stop and pick people. Don’t stop but just drive through. Don’t drop or pick anybody. They will leave the two districts by 5pm and will not be allowed to sleep in there. If you do, you will stay there for the next 21 days," he said.

Schools have been directed to maintain strict hygiene measures like hand washing at entry points. School administrators have been tasked to report student absenteeism to health workers and to send home any child suspected of having Ebola.

“If any child misses school, the head teacher should inform health officials. All children teacher and staff in contact with a person or child with signs and symptoms of Ebola should stay home. All places of worship , bars, places of entertainment, cinema halls, gyms and saunas are closed in the two districts," he added.

The lockdown was triggered by the failure of locals to adhere to the advice and measures from the Ministry of Health and doing the contrary thus putting other districts at risk of the outbreak.

“This was very easy to stop if the people of the other village had listened. I told people stay home but you hear one went to Luweero and then to Kampala. He died. Another one has gone to Kibuku," he stated.

To this end, he said that government has also put up new measures to operate during the lockdown in order to end Ebola.

The Ministry of Health is set to deploy 20 ambulances in the two districts.
10 vans will also be deployed to facilitate transportation of health workers within the districts.
Health workers will receive permits from the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to move within their respective districts.
All registered private and public health facilities in the districts will receive Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) from the Ministry of Health.

Kampala metropolitan authorities to be mobilised into full Ebola response mode.